Combination sled



B. B. MARTIN.

COMBINATION SLED.

APPLICATION flu-:D ocT.H.191a.

1,404,990, Patented Jan.31,1922.

BERT B. MARTIN, OF ADA, OHIO.

COMBINATION SLEI).

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT B. MARTIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ada, in the county of Hardinand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Sleds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,an-d exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it applertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part oi thisspecification. Y

This invention relates to the class of toys, but more particularly to acombination sled, and the invention has "for its object to provide asled which can be quickly changed lfrom a sno-w sled to a wheeled landvehicle, in such manner that the toy can be used in summer aswell as inwinter, and-YinV this' way combines two toys in one. Y

IV ith thisobject in view the invention consists of the novelconstruction of a sled, as will be iirst fully described and afterwardsspecically pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to theaccompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a sled constructedV in accordance with thisinvention.

Fig. 2 1s a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a partial vertical transverse sectional view through Fig. 1,andY Fig. 4 is a view illustratingthe sledV arrangedfor use in snow withthe wheels removed. j 1

Like numerals, of reference indicate the' same parts throughout. the^several iigures, in which:

cross braces 3, top 4foot rest andl iron runners 6. A l

7 indicatesfcone bearings posltioned 1n the sides 2 ot the sled, and' 8indicates blocks Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 3,11, 31l1922,` Application led October 11, 1920. Serial No. 416,046.

` or brackets hinged at 9 toI the underside of PATENT [OFI-IceA l' thetop 4; each block 8 having a cone bearing y y 10 vtherein in alinementwith the cone bearings '7 in the sides 2.

' 11 indicates the preferably rubber-tired wheels having stationaryaxles or hubsr12 which enterthe. cone bearings` as shown.

13 indicates a block spreader and lock, the` same beingpivoted at 14tothe top 4 between each pair of blocks 8, and of a length so that whenthe spreader vis turned cross@A Vwise lof the sled, the endsof thespreader 13 engage the blocks 8 asshown in Fig. 3

andY hold said blocks in proper vertical po-j 1 sition. l,

When using the sled as a land vehicle, the spreader 13 is turned out ofengagement with the blocks 8; the blocksv are swung up underY the bottomside of the top- 4; ,the v 'y i wheels are dropped out, andthe spreaderis again turned crosswise of the sled and over the blocks 8, as shown inFigg 4, which*V then efectually holds the blocks up closely underthebottom side of the top 4.

Having thus-described my invention, -I

do not Ywish tok be understood as limiting myself to the exactvconstruction set forth, but consider myself clearly entitledto all.changes and modifications as fall within theV limit the scope of theappended claim.

INhat I claim as new'and desire to secure.

by; Letters Patent of the VUnited States, is:

lA combination sled including sides, run.- 'Y ners and top,'bracketsunderthe top, wheels' maintain same in proper operative position.

removably mounted in the sides and brac-k: ets, and a spreader engagingthe brackets toV In testimony whereof I aliix my signa-v A v Y Y ture inpresence of two witnesses. 1 indicates thersled having the sides 2, Y

Y ,Y l BERTB. MARTIN. ,y vWitnesses: l I Y H. M. BUCHELL,

JAooB WEINBERG.

